Matambú

Matambú
District and Indigenous Territory
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Matambú district
Matambú district location in Costa Rica
Matambú district location in Costa Rica
Matambú
Matambú district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°05′10″N 85°25′05″W / 10.08605°N 85.4179269°W / 10.08605; -85.4179269
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonHojancha
Creation25 July 2017
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
51105

Matambú is a district of the Hojancha canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

It is the only chorotega indigenous territory[3][4]

History

Matambú was created on 25 July 2017 by Ley 9463.[2][5][6]

Geography

Matambú has an elevation of 300 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
20221,070—    
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[7]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[8]

For the 2011 census, Matambú had not been created, therefore no census data is available as its inhabitants were part of other districts. [9]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ a b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
  3. ^ Vaage, Kari (2011). Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and El Diquis hydroelectric project: indigenous identity, consultation and representation (PDF). Norwegian University of life sciences.
  4. ^ "Territorios Indígenas" (PDF). Instituto nacionale de estadistica y census. 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Creación del Distrito N° 5 del cantón de Hojancha Matambú". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Territorio indígena de Matambú será el quinto distrito de Hojancha". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  8. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  9. ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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